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  1. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT | Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis

    Video | Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Discusses Navigating Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitishttps://feminapt.com/resources/videos-about-pelvic-pain/video-heather-jeffcoat-dpt-discusses-navigating-painful-intercourse-with-interstitial-cystitis

    Dr. Nicole Cozean interviews Heather Jeffcoat, DPT about Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis. Dr. Nicole Cozean is a PelvicSanity and ICA Board Member and author of the book, "The Interstitial Cystitis Solution". Heather Jeffcoat was a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Videos About Pelvic Pain
  2. Physical Therapy Helps IC

    What is Interstitial Cystitis and How Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Helps IChttps://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-interstitial-cystitis-and-how-pelvic-health-physical-therapy-helps-ic

    Interstitial Cystitis, Multimodal Treatments, and How Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Helps IC Interstitial cystitis (IC) also known as bladder pain syndrome or painful bladder syndrome, is a debilitating condition that significantly affects the quality...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  3. what is IC Interstitial Cystitis | IC & Symptoms | Image Courtesy of Marek Piwnicki via Unsplash

    What is IC and What Are The Symptoms? | Interstitial Cystitishttps://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-ic-and-what-are-the-symptoms-interstitial-cystitis

    What is IC or Interstitial cystitis? IC is also known as bladder pain syndrome or painful bladder syndrome and is a debilitating condition that significantly affects the quality of life of patients living with it. Many patients with IC have other...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  4. Updates to the IC and Bladder Pain Syndrome Treatment Guidelines | Image Courtesy of Jonathan Borba via Unsplash

    An Update to Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome Treatment Guidelines https://feminapt.com/blog/an-update-to-interstitial-cystitis-bladder-pain-syndrome-treatment-guidelines

    Health awareness month and we would like to discuss with our readers a significant update to the research regarding Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS). In May 2022, the American Urological Association (AUA) released updated clinical...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  5. Woman crouching next to bed due to painful bladder syndrome

    Histamines and Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome)https://feminapt.com/blog/histamines-and-interstitial-cystitis-painful-bladder-syndrome

    How do Histamines Affect Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome)? Newly published research by Grundy et al. (2019) shows a more direct connection. In this study published in the February 2021 issue of The American Journal of Physiology: Renal...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog

  6. Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitishttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/female-sexual-pain-syndromes/painful-bladder-syndrome-interstitial-cystitis

    Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis: This pain or discomfort is perceived to be related to the bladder upon filling or often immediately after emptying. Symptoms include urinary urgency with pressure, burning and aching pain along with...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Female Sexual Dysfunction & Chronic Pain Syndromes
  7. Heather Featured in Interstitial Cystitis Association magazine

    Heather Featured in Interstitial Cystitis Association Magazinehttps://feminapt.com/media-content/heather-featured-interstitial-cystitis-association-magazine

    Heather Jeffcoat, DPT was recently tabbed as a featured expert for the Winter 2016 Interstitial Cystitis Association magazine, in which she talks about Physical Therapy, IC and Intimacy. The ICA Update is an award-winning magazine with in-depth stories...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Media
  8. Photo by Yuris Alhumaydy on Unsplash

    Chronic Pelvic Pain | Insights on Trigger Point Injections, Myofascial Pain https://feminapt.com/blog/chronic-pelvic-pain-insights-on-trigger-point-injections-myofascial-pain

    Sinaii, Ortiz, & Shah, 2015). In 2003, Butrick et al. found that 85% of their surveyed patients with a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) had myofascial pain and pelvic floor overactivity (AKA hypertonicity), and trigger...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  9. pelvic floor physical therapy

    What is Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and How Can it Help You?https://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-pelvic-floor-physical-therapy-and-how-can-it-help-you

    keys or washing the dishes Light-heavy bladder leakage Urinary urgency and frequency Delayed or painful voiding Interstitial cystitis (IC) and Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) Overactive bladder Nocturia- night time urination Enuresis (bedwetting) Fecal...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog

  10. How Smoking Affects Bladder Healthhttps://feminapt.com/blog/how-smoking-affects-bladder-health

    found that exposure to tobacco compounds in the womb can lead to reduced sperm count in adult life (Soares, 2008). Interstitial Cystitis Tobacco can aggravate symptoms of Interstitial cystitis (IC) which includes painful bladder, increased urgency and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
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Testimonial by R.H.

No one could tell me why I was having pain during sex--sharp pain, not just uncomfortable, pain. I was referred to Heather Jeffcoat after researching several different options. I had seen a specialist who told me physical therapy would not help and my only option was surgery. I really didn't want to go that route, so when we got a referral, I decided to try it--it can't hurt, I thought. I am so glad I did. She diagnosed the problem right away, which was a relief in itself.

To know why I was having pain eased my mind immensely. And to hear that she could fix it without surgery was another relief. She said she could fix the problem in 6 weeks. I think it was actually 4 for me. She was very methodical, and treated me as an intelligent human being capable of participating in my own recovery. I would absolutely recommend her to anyone. She did not try to prolong my session numbers, she worked hard to accommodate my schedule (and the fact that I had to bring a baby to sessions), and she was completely honest the entire time. It is so hard to find someone with these characteristics, much less a professional who is so good at what she does. She has my highest respect.

-- R.H.

Testimonial by Jamie M.

I have been going to see Heather for a while now, and I can't tell you enough how much she has improved my quality of life. Heather specializes in issues like pelvic floor, but I see her for other orthopedic issues.

I have a lot of chronic joint pain and dysfunction issues (back, hips, neck) that require that have ongoing physical therapy maintenance. The effects of my problem joints/areas overlap and interconnect with each other in complex ways, so helping me requires really having a complete understanding of the entire skeletal and muscular system. Pain does not always appear where the problem actually is, the human body is a twisty, many-layered puzzle. I have an exercise program I do at home and I am very functional, but there are just something things I need a PT to help me out with.

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Testimonial by M.M.

My husband and I were married for 5 years and unable to have intercourse, but I never knew why. After numerous awful experiences at doctor’s offices (where many doctors told me I “just needed to relax”), a surgery that didn’t fix the problem, and a year of owning dilators that didn’t get me anywhere, someone finally referred me to Heather for Physical Therapy. I finally had answers and information from someone who knew exactly what I was dealing with!

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Testimonial by R.H.

No one could tell me why I was having pain during sex--sharp pain, not just uncomfortable, pain. I was referred to Heather Jeffcoat after researching several different options. I had seen a specialist who told me physical therapy would not help and my only option was surgery. I really didn't want to go that route, so when we got a referral, I decided to try it--it can't hurt, I thought. I am so glad I did. She diagnosed the problem right away, which was a relief in itself.

To know why I was having pain eased my mind immensely. And to hear that she could fix it without surgery was another relief. She said she could fix the problem in 6 weeks. I think it was actually 4 for me. She was very methodical, and treated me as an intelligent human being capable of participating in my own recovery. I would absolutely recommend her to anyone. She did not try to prolong my session numbers, she worked hard to accommodate my schedule (and the fact that I had to bring a baby to sessions), and she was completely honest the entire time. It is so hard to find someone with these characteristics, much less a professional who is so good at what she does. She has my highest respect.

-- R.H.

Testimonial by J.B.

My husband and I were having problems with painful intercourse. My therapist recommended that I go and get a pelvic floor evaluation from a physical therapist. Having never been treated by a physical therapist, I wondered how this really was going to help me. My husband who is a physician was very supportive and agreed that a PT evaluation would be a great idea. So i made the appointment and was blown away by what I learned. I had no idea that pelvic floor muscles could get tight and have trigger points just like any other muscle in the body. I'm a massage therapist and very familiar with tight muscles, and this new thought really amazed me. Heather's program to help relax and strengthen these muscles made such a difference. I can say that I am 100% pain free during intercourse now. Yippee! Going to the PT appointments and doing the at-home exercises was definitely a discipline, but it's 100% worth it! The rewards are amazing.

-- J.B.

Testimonial by R.D., age 38

"I had a severe tear during childbirth that was not stitched together correctly and therefore healed poorly. Even after having a surgery a year later to remove the scar tissue, I was still having pain, and no one could explain why -- there was no overt 'reason' to explain the pain. I had tried other 'specialists' and even saw another physical therapist who had me do hip / leg stretches -- what a joke! I was about to give up and just 'live with it' until thankfully I kept searching online and found Heather.

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